diff --git a/test/boost/sstable_conforms_to_mutation_source_test.cc b/test/boost/sstable_conforms_to_mutation_source_test.cc
index a3fd81ac6f..0be8006d82 100644
--- a/test/boost/sstable_conforms_to_mutation_source_test.cc
+++ b/test/boost/sstable_conforms_to_mutation_source_test.cc
@@ -28,7 +28,12 @@ using namespace std::chrono_literals;
 static
 mutation_source make_sstable_mutation_source(sstables::test_env& env, schema_ptr s, sstring dir, std::vector<mutation> mutations,
         sstable_writer_config cfg, sstables::sstable::version_types version, gc_clock::time_point query_time = gc_clock::now()) {
-    return make_sstable(env, s, dir, std::move(mutations), cfg, version, query_time)->as_mutation_source();
+    auto sst = env.make_sstable(s, dir, env.new_generation(), version, sstable_format_types::big, default_sstable_buffer_size, query_time);
+    auto mt = make_memtable(s, mutations);
+    auto mr = mt->make_flat_reader(s, env.make_reader_permit());
+    sst->write_components(std::move(mr), mutations.size(), s, cfg, mt->get_encoding_stats()).get();
+    sst->load(s->get_sharder()).get();
+    return sst->as_mutation_source();
 }
 
 static void consume_all(flat_mutation_reader_v2& rd) {
diff --git a/test/lib/sstable_utils.cc b/test/lib/sstable_utils.cc
index e3db6c4f71..3970c22eba 100644
--- a/test/lib/sstable_utils.cc
+++ b/test/lib/sstable_utils.cc
@@ -85,17 +85,6 @@ sstables::shared_sstable make_sstable_containing(sstables::shared_sstable sst, s
     return sst;
 }
 
-shared_sstable make_sstable(sstables::test_env& env, schema_ptr s, sstring dir, std::vector<mutation> mutations,
-        sstable_writer_config cfg, sstables::sstable::version_types version, gc_clock::time_point query_time) {
-    fs::path dir_path(dir);
-    auto mt = make_memtable(s, mutations);
-    auto sst = env.make_sstable(s, dir_path.string(), env.new_generation(), version, sstable_format_types::big, default_sstable_buffer_size, query_time);
-    auto mr = mt->make_flat_reader(s, env.make_reader_permit());
-    sst->write_components(std::move(mr), mutations.size(), s, cfg, mt->get_encoding_stats()).get();
-    sst->load(s->get_sharder()).get();
-    return sst;
-}
-
 shared_sstable make_sstable_easy(test_env& env, flat_mutation_reader_v2 rd, sstable_writer_config cfg,
         sstables::generation_type gen, const sstables::sstable::version_types version, int expected_partition, gc_clock::time_point query_time) {
     auto s = rd.schema();
diff --git a/test/lib/sstable_utils.hh b/test/lib/sstable_utils.hh
index 43ba970291..f1b2cd687a 100644
--- a/test/lib/sstable_utils.hh
+++ b/test/lib/sstable_utils.hh
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ inline future<> write_memtable_to_sstable_for_test(replica::memtable& mt, sstabl
     return write_memtable_to_sstable(mt, sst, sst->manager().configure_writer("memtable"));
 }
 
-shared_sstable make_sstable(sstables::test_env& env, schema_ptr s, sstring dir, std::vector<mutation> mutations,
-        sstable_writer_config cfg, sstables::sstable::version_types version, gc_clock::time_point query_time = gc_clock::now());
-
 namespace sstables {
 
 using sstable_ptr = shared_sstable;